Improvement in gas-retorts



- T. e. SPRINGER.

improvement in Gas-Retorts.

N0. 127,381. Pa tented May 28,1872.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE G. SPRINGER, OF FAYETTE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAS-RETORTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,381, dated May 28,1872.

construction and arrangement of a gas-retort for vaporizing anddecomposing hydrocarbon liquids.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichrepresents a perspective view of my retort.

The retort is composed of two drums, A and B, connected by two or moretubes or pipes,

(J G. A pipe, A, leads into the drum A to feed the liquid hydrocarboninto the same, and from the drum B leads a pipe, B, to discharge orwithdraw the fixed gas formed in the retort. The retort being heated toa suthcient degree to decompose the hydrocarbon liquid, the liquid isfed into the drum A, and at once becomes vaporized andpartiallydecomposed; then distributing itself; through the tubes or pipes O 0,any particles remaining will be entirely decomposed and the fixed gasremoved through the drum B and pipe B. By thus constructing the retortthe heating surface in a givenlength of retortis greatly increased, andthe decomposition more rapid and thorough. By corrugating the metal ofwhich the drum A is composed still more heating surface is obtained; andthis drum may be filled with sand, pumice, or other suitable material,which would also increase the heating surface and increase the rapidityand thoroughness of the decomposition. For discharging or withdrawingthe fixed gas from the retort a pipe is con ducted into thedischarging-pipe B for carrying into the same, under pressure, acontinuous jet or stream of steam or gasoline vapor,

which forces the gas out of the retort and into the cooler ormixing-meter. In place of two drums, connected by tubes, as abovedescribed, for forming a gas-retort, I may make a single cylindricalretort, corrugated longitudinally, which would give almost as muchheating surface as the tubes.

Haying thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secureoby Letters Patent, is-

A gas-retort, composed of two drums connected by means of two or moretubes or pipes, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this18th day of November, 1871.

T. G. SPRINGER.

Witnesses:

O. L. EVERT, JAMES PATTERSON.

